Hello Everybody! Please click here to view the Fall make-up schedule. Remember, you must confirm or decline your lesson. Please do so by Friday, December 15th, so that the office can optimize the schedule for the teachers and avoid gaps. If you have any questions about this, please call the office as soon as possible, as we are still struggling to [...]
Great work everyone!! Enjoy the rest of the weekend and following week :) Hakim Haunted Mouse - dynamics are important to this piece, it begins "piano" which means quiet (like a mouse) and by the end it is loud! When playing the solid 3rds, they should feel light and bouncey like your hand is a woodpeckers beak. A loose wrist [...]
Liam Walk the Talk - measures 1-12 HS. Learn the LH bass line comfortably with the written fingering. When playing the RH, look at the page to notice details. Rage over a Lost Penny - HT. Only push the tempo to what you can do cleanly with both hands. Work on balance between the hands so the melody is heard over the [...]
Hello Saturday lessons students! Due to a professional conflict that we wish to support, Ivan will be away on Saturday, December 16th. We would like to have those lessons on Sunday, December 17th, instead. If this does not work for you, we can absolutely put you down for a make-up lesson, but you will need to get in touch about [...]
Happy December! Enjoy your time at the piano and your time with loved ones <3 Your hard work is paying off! Maria Arctic Voices - All. The last line is the only new part this week, and reuses a lot of chords from earlier in the piece. Add pedal this week and bring the dynamics to life as well. You [...]
Jonny Fills in Next Week NOVA -Warmups (30 sec each) -8 on a hand -Singles; doubles; paradiddles -Roll exercise (apple-apple-watermelon-watermelon) *Alfred Lesson 6 ex. 1-6 *New Song: Cupid by FIFTY FIFTY - try to figure out the main beat (challenge: HH splash) Xylophone Piano Adventures p. 33 Aloette Call Me Maybe JARED Padwork: Triplet ex. (*Goal Tempo=130) Sixteenth-Note Exercise (goal [...]
Hi Everyone! If you are reading this, THANK YOU, and please click this link to confirm this was seen. I hope everyone has a fun first week of December and your advent calendars are good to you (if you do that sort of thing). You're all sounding GREAT! Liam Silent Night - nice work. Let's work on putting the "B [...]
Gordon is Subbing Next Week (Dec 5th) MYLES -Warmups (try at three speeds) 8 on a Hand Single Strokes Double stokes *Paradiddles (LRLL RLRR...) *Alfred, Lesson 6 starting next week *Drumset Musician Worksheet p. 12 ex. 8-11 (print) ACDC - Back in Black - opening beat and drum fill (add BD sync next) JONAH Triplet Exercise (Goal tempo = 110*) [...]
Hello everyone! Glad you were all here today :) Hakim, Shakira and Noreet - the below chart shows the C Major scale fingering. The below image is the RH fingering, remember going down is the exact same fingering on the same notes. Watch this. The below image is the LH fingering. Going up - finger 3 crosses over. Going down [...]
NOVA -Warmups (30 sec each) -8 on a hand -Singles; doubles; paradiddles -Roll exercise (apple-apple-watermelon-watermelon) -Ride Pattern Exercise *Alfred Lesson 5 ex. 1-8 *Taylor Swift: Blank Space (adding in hihat) *Think about new songs Xylophone *Piano Adventures p. 33 Aloette *Call Me Maybe JARED Padwork: Flams Flam Taps *work on speed Singles, Doubles, Paradiddles - **goal tempo: 130bpm Triplet ex. [...]